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Algebra.Com's Answer #516668 by josgarithmetic(39617) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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$\"x%5E2-2ax%2Ba%5E2=x%5E2-2bx%2Bb%5E2\"$
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"-2bx%2Bb%5E2=-2ax%2Ba%5E2\"$ -------Symmetric Property
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"2ax-2bx=a%5E2-b%5E2\"$
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"x=%28a%5E2-b%5E2%29%2F%282a-2b%29\"$ ----which is factorable and simplifiable
\n" ); document.write( " $\"x=%28%28a-b%29%28a%2Bb%29%29%2F%282%28a-b%29%29\"$
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